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| railroad_name = Junagadh State Railway<br />
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| locale = [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]], [[Gujarat]]<br />
| start_year = 1911<br />
| end_year = 1948<br />
| predecessor_line = Bhavnagar–Gondal–Junagadh–Porbandar Railway<br />
| successor_line = [[Saurashtra Railway]], [[Western Railway Zone|Western Railway]]<br />
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The '''Junagadh State Railway''' (JunSR) was a [[metre gauge]] railway owned by the [[Junagadh State]] and initially worked by the Bhavnagar–Gondal–Junagadh–Porbandar Railway.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n201/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 193]; Retrieved 7 Feb 2016</ref> From 1911 the JunSR worked itself as an independent system, owned by the Junagadh Durbar, until 1948 when it became part of the [[Saurashtra Railway]].<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 "British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue" - Search]; Retrieved 7 Apr 2016</ref><br />
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==Conversion to broad gauge==<br />
The railway was converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] progressively in 2000s.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Its-curtains-for-metre-gauge-trains-soon/articleshow/29699033.cms |title = Curtains for metre gauge trains |first=|last=| accessdate = 2018-04-30}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Saurashtra (region)]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct railway companies of India]]<br />
[[Category:Metre gauge railways in India]]<br />
[[Category:History of rail transport in Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:1948 disestablishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1918]]<br />
[[Category:Railway companies established in 1918]]<br />
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